Last week, the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, flew to Paris in a hired Boeing 787 Dreamliner, one of the most luxurious planes in the world. Le Figaro estimates that a one-way flight from Brazzaville to Paris would cost about US$500,000. Needless to say, Sassou Nguesso’s wife, Antoinette, travelled with him.
Employees of the Somicongo REDD+ concession in the Democratic Republic of Congo have not been paid for 15 months
The Somicongo REDD+ concession in Mai Ndombe province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo was, until early 2018, a logging concession covering an area of almost 300,000 hectares. As Global Witness pointed out in a 2015 report about the logging industry in the DRC, the contract, management plan, and social agreement for the logging concession…
Swedish Energy Agency delays US$1 million carbon credit payment to Green Resources
The Swedish Energy Agency has postponed a SEK 10 million payment for carbon credits from Green Resources’ plantations in Uganda, because of on-going concerns.
Cashing in on the climate crisis: Carbon Trade Exchange and Carbon Aviation 2019
Alexandre de Juniac is a worried man. He’s head of the International Air Transport Association. And it’s not just the downturn in the global economy that’s got him worried. It’s the “flight shame” movement, which started in Sweden where it’s called flygskam, which De Juniac describes as the biggest threat to the airline industry in…
“Nature cannot be fooled.” Kevin Anderson on mitigation as if climate mattered
By Chris Lang This post is based on a presentation given by Kevin Anderson, Professor of Energy and Climate Change at the University of Manchester. Anderson gave the presentation in January 2018. It remains as relevant as it was 18 months ago, perhaps more so.